Bonjour mes amis! I am un peu en retard, but it is better than being un Retard, non? July 7, 2012
Posted by John Frederick Ashburne in Tour de France 2012.Tags: Alexander Vinokourov, André Greipel, Bernie Eisel, Bradley Wiggins, Cadel Evans, Cancellara, Edvald Boasson Hagen, FDJ, Jurgen Van den Broeck, Kristijan Koren, Levi Leipheimer, Mark Cavendish, Nicolas Roche, Romain Zingle, Thomas Voeckler, Wiggins
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Sorry it has taken so long, but that awful thing known as La Vie Hebdomadaire has been getting in the way of my TdF-ing. Well, bougre that, and off we go. I was a tad concerned if we could get enough punters together this year, at such short notice, and in the wake of Euro 2012 footie sweepstakes fatigue. I need not have fretted. My half of the trans-global sweepie sold out in about, er, 4 minutes. Glad to know there are so many amis sypatiques out there. Joe B is gathering the bretheren in England as I type, and we can expect to kick off with our small bagatelle on the morrow.
This is how I have constructed the sweepstakes this time around.
Every punter gets a star; a dark horse; two trusted lieutenants; and five or so warriors-in-the-saddle. I have created a system (see above pic) that uses random numeric sequence generating software to try and ensure that every punter has an equal shot at winning a bottle of cheap rotgut. FYI, I used a more primitive system for the recent Euro football and… it failed dismally. I was stuffed thanks to two favourites exiting early (France and Holland). Which simply serves to remind that it is all a bit of a bleedin’ lottery, innit mate?
There will be no cash prizes this time, just wine. Lots of it, and of a quality hitherto unimagined. Say no more. I need to consult with my Man Overseas, monsieur Banerjee, on how precisely we are going to rig, er, I mean construct the prize formats but I am thinking of trying to be even more egalitarian/Maoist than usual. That means no Cavendish-style sprinter green jersey concentration of winnings this year. I wish to award domestiques, and super-domestiques this time. I am even so passionate/biased as to have considered awarding a bottle of Cotes du Stiquey-riche Luberon ’55 to the oldest rider to complete the course. (Hint: he’s likely to be German. Terrifying. God-like. The road is scared of him). Any creative prize category suggestions highly welcomed.
Anyway. Here are the randomly generated Punter allotments. Later today you’ll know who got whom.
Just fyi, the huge crash on Stage 6 played havoc with the GC standings, and my seedings, so I rejigged them this morning to be as fair as possible.
Punter A
● John A
Your Star Rider:
● Philippe Gilbert (BMC) S40
Your Dark Horse:
● David Moncoutie (COF) S63 FRA
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Richie Porte (Sky) S196
● Pierrick Federigo (FDJ) S77 FRA
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) S99
● Stuart O’Grady (ORI-GRE) S128
● Mikael Cherel (AG2R) S141 FRA
● Yuriy Krivtsov (Lampre) S169
Your Favoured Team:
● FDJ BigMat
Punter B
● Mike D
Your Star Rider:
● Andre Greipel (Lotto) S6
Your Dark Horse:
● Robert Gesink (RABO) S28
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) S68
● Kevin de Weert (Omega) S83
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Marcus Burghardt (BMC) S113
● Yann Huguet (Argos) S115 FRA
● Nicolas Edet (COF) S151 FRA
● Marco Marzano (Lampre) S170
● Pieter Weening (ORI-GRE) S195
Your Favoured Team:
● Saur Sojasun
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Punter C
● Cathy
Your Star Rider:
● Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) S18
Your Dark Horse:
● Tejay van Garderen (BMC) S31
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Yaroslav Popovych (RNT) S67
● Matthew Lloyd (Lampre) S81
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur) S101 FRA
● Dries Devenyns (Omega) S133
● Roy Curvers (Argos) S158
● Vladimir Gusev (KAT) S166
● Rob Ruigh (Vacansoleil) S193
Your Favoured Team:
● Garmin-Barracuda
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Punter D
● Riki’s Tim
Your Star Rider:
● Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto) S12
Your Dark Horse:
● Rui Costa (Movistar) S32
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) S60 FRA
● Remy di Gregorio (COF) S73 FRA
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Jurgen Roelands (Lotto) S109
● Anders Lund (SAXO) S130
● Jan Ghyselinck (COF) S153
● Francis de Greef (Lotto) S177
● Daryl Impey (ORI-GRE) S185
Your Favoured Team:
● Europcar
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Punter E
● Colin D
Your Star Rider:
● Denis Menchov (KAT) S4
Your Dark Horse:
● Steven Krujswijk (RABO) S37
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Kenny van Hummel (Vacansoleil) S47
● Romain Zingle (COF) S74
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) S93
● Maxime Bouet (AG2R) S116 FRA
● Patrick Gretsch (ARGO) S156
● Jelle Vanendert (Lotto) S181
Your Favoured Team:
● Lampre
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Punter F
● Joe B
Your Star Rider:
● Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY) S9
Your Dark Horse:
● Jerome Pineau (Omega) S56 FRA
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● David Millar (GAR) S78
● Anthony Roux (FDJ) S95 FRA
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Andriy Grivko (Astana) S124
● Fredrik Kessiakov (Astana) S160
● Yohann Gene (Europcar) S163 FRA
● Ruben Plaza (Movistar) S182
Your Favoured Team:
● Katusha
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Punter G
● Topher W
Your Star Rider:
● Cadel Evans (BMC) S2
Your Dark Horse:
● Nicolas Roche (AG2R) S48
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Bert Grabsch (Omega) S88
● Christian Knees (SKY) S103
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Christian Knees (SKY) S103
● Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ) S120
● Jorge Soto Azanza (EUSK) S149
● Giovanni Bernaudeau (Europcar) S162 FRA
Your Favoured Team:
● Saxo Bank
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Punter H
● Wil F
Your Star Rider:
● Bradley Wiggins (SKY) S1
Your Dark Horse:
● Levi Leipheimer (Omega) S36
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Christophe Kern (Europcar) S51
● Brett Lancaster (ORI-GRE) S85
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Baden Cooke (ORI-GRE) S106
● Arthur Vichot (FDJ) S121 FRA
● Biel Kadri (AG2R) S143 FRA
● Kristijan Koren (Liquigas) S173
Your Favoured Team:
● Argos-Shimano
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Punter I
● Gail
Your Star Rider:
● Samuel Sanchez (EUSK) S14
Your Dark Horse:
● Chris Horner (RNT) S35
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Samuel Dumoulin (COF) S61 FRA
● David Zabriskie (GAR) S79
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Luis Leon Sanchez (RABO) S105
● Matthieu Ladagnou (FDJ) S150 FRA
● Aliaksandr Kuchynski (KAT) S168
●Laurens ten Dam (RABO) S186
Your Favoured Team:
● Omega Pharma Quick Step
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Punter J
● Sasha A
Your Star Rider:
● Tyler Farrar (GAR) S16
Your Dark Horse:
● Christian Vande Velde (GAR) S41
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Jerome Coppell (Saur) S46 FRA
● Sergio Paulinho (SAXO) S91
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Jens Voigt (RNT) S104
● Pablo Perez Urtasun (EUSK) S127
● Gorka Izagirre (EUSK) S148
● Adam Hansen (Lotto) S179
● Guillaume Levarlet (Saur) S189 FRA
Your Favoured Team:
● BMC Racing
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Punter K
● DJ
Your Star Rider:
● Jani Brajkovic (Astana) S21
Your Dark Horse:
● Mark Renshaw (RABO) S23
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
●Michael Rogers (SKY) S55
● Lars Bak (Lotto) S64
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Dimitry Fofonov (Astana) S71
● Ruben Perez (EUSK) S76
● Bram Tankink (RABO) S110
● Cyril Gautier (Europcar) S125 FRA
● Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) S139
Your Favoured Team:
● RadioShack Nissan Trek
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Punter L
● Tomas S
Your Star Rider:
● Chris Froome (SKY) S17
Your Dark Horse:
● Peter Vellits (Omega) S26
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Tom Veelers (ARGOS) S49
● Vladimir Karpets (Movistar) S87
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) S118
● Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R) S144 FRA
● Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) S161
● Juan Jose Haedo (SAXO) S190
Your Favoured Team:
● Astana
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Punter M
● Sanborn B
Your Star Rider:
● Andreas Kloden (RNT) S30
Your Dark Horse:
● Rein Taaramae (COF) S38
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Christophe Riblon (AG2R) S59 FRA
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Luca Paolini (KAT) S97
● Borut Bozic (Astana) S117
● Michael Schar (BMC) S147
● Giampaolo Caruso (KAT) S165
● Jean-Marc Marino (Saur) S187 FRA
Your Favoured Team:
● Vacansoleil-DCM
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Punter N
● Kevin R
Your Star Rider:
● Dan Martin (GAR) S20
Your Dark Horse:
● Steve Cummings (BMC) S43
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Egoi Martinez (EUSK) S58
● Juanjo Cobo (Movistar) S82
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Daniel Oss (Liquigas) S98
● Sebastian Langeveld (ORI-GRE) S137
● Sebastien Hinault (AG2R) S145
● Davide Malacarne (Europcar) S164 FRA
● Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) S174
Your Favoured Team:
● Rabobank
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Punter O
● Riki
Your Star Rider:
● Pierre Rolland (Europcar) S19 FRA
Your Dark Horse:
● Michele Scarponi (Lampre) S34
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Michael Albassini (ORI-GRE) S54
● Tony Gallopin (RNT) S69 FRA
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● George Hincapie (BMC) S114
● Bernhard Eisel (SKY) S131
● Koen de Kort (Argos) S157
● Joan Horrach (KAT) S167
● Jonathan Cantwell (SAXO) S191
Your Favoured Team:
● Movistar
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Punter P
● Fusao
Your Star Rider:
● Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) S15 FRA
Your Dark Horse:
● Frank Schleck (RNT) S25
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Grega Bole (Lampre) S53
● Gorka Verdugo (EUSK) S75
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Johan Vansummeren (GAR)S94
● Greg Henderson (Lotto) S134
● Gustav larsson (Vacansoleil) S140
● Julien Fouchard S152 (COF) FRA
● Simone Stortoni (Lampre) S171
Your Favoured Team:
● AG2R La Mondiale
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Punter Q
● John B
Your Star Rider:
● Fabian Cancellara (RNT) S13
Your Dark Horse:
● Ivan Basso (Liquigas) S27
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) S50
● Sebastien Minard (AG2R) S70 FRA
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Simon Gerrans (ORI-GRE) S111
● Manuel Quinziato (BMC) S146
● Federico Canuti (Liquigas) S175
Your Favoured Team:
● Liquigas Cannondale
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Punter R
● Steve A
Your Star Rider:
● Peter Sagan (Liquigas) S22
Your Dark Horse:
● Tony Martin (Omega) S29
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Vincent Jerome (Europcar) S62 FRA
● Sylwester Szmyd (Liquigas) S80
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Haimar Zubeldia (RNT) S107
● Cyril Lemoine (Saur) S136 FRA
● Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) S159
Your Favoured Team:
● Team Sky
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Punter S
● Jack H
Your Star Rider:
● Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) S10
Your Dark Horse:
● Bauke Mollema S33
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Yuri Trofimov (KAT) S66
● Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) S84
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Brice Feillu (Saur) S100 FRA
● Nick Nuyens (SAXO) S135
● Johannes Frohlinger (ARGOS) S155
● Eduard Vorganov (KAT) S178
● Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil) S194
Your Favoured Team:
● Euskaltel Euskadi
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Punter T
● Paris B
Your Star Rider:
● Mark Cavendish (SKY) S7
Your Dark Horse:
● Sylvain Chavanel (Omega) S44
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Jeremy Roy (FDJ) S52 FRA
● Karsten Kroon (SAXO) S90
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Matthieu Sprick (ARGOS) S92
● Cedric Pinneau (FDJ) S122 FRA
● Martin Velits (Omega) S138
● Dominik Nerz (Liquigas) S176
● Michael Morkov (SAXO) S192
Your Favoured Team:
● Cofidis le credit en ligne
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Punter U
● Aaron C
Your Star Rider:
● Matt Goss (ORI-GRE) S8
Your Dark Horse:
● Nicki Sorensen (SAXO) S45
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Danilo Hondo (Lampre) S65
● Maxime Monfort (RNT) S89
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur) S129 FRA
● Marcel Sieberg (Lotto) S180
● Julien Simon (Saur) S188 FRA
Your Favoured Team:
● Lotto Belisol
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Punter V
● Paul W
Your Star Rider:
● Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) S3
Your Dark Horse:
● Sandy Casar (FDJ) S42 FRA
Your Trusty Lieutenants:
● Amael Moinard (BMC) S72 FRA
● Chris Anker Sorensen (SAXO) S108
Your Warriors in the Saddle:
● Albert Timmer (ARGOS) S123
● Luis Angel Mate (COF) S154
● Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) S183
Your Favoured Team:
● Orica GreenEdge
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Enfin! At last, a definitive list of Les Combattants – The Tour De France Start List July 1, 2011
Posted by atomicsaddles2011 in Tour De France 2011.Tags: Alexander Vinokourov, Astana, Basso, Cancellara, Cofidis, Contador, Cycling, General classification in the Tour de France, John Ashburne, Julien Dean, Romain Zingle, Schleck, Tour de France, Tour de France 2011, Wiggins
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Bonjour amis. Here are the riders, categorised by team. The circled number following riders is their seeding position in the ASSOT (Atomic Saddles’ Scheme of Things). Please note that the seeding doesn’t correspond to the odds of a rider winning the race, or even a stage: it indicates that rider’s chance of winning you a bottle of Moldavian Spumante and a fist full of cash. Yes, lower numbers are better.
So this fellow, Alberto Contador is ⓢ1, for example. You might hope to draw him from the hat on the morrow. His race number (the number he wears on his bike, and is pinned to his back), is, as it happens, also number one. He rides for Team Saxo Bank Sunguard, and if you haven’t already guessed, he is le top chien.
Un autre example. This fellow is Romain Zingle, age 12, who doesn’t have a seeding at all, but he does have a very splendid name. You might not be overjoyed to pull Romain out of the (wooly?) hat, unless, like Atomic Saddles, you have a penchant for riders with exotic (preferably unpronouncable) names. Romain rides for Cofidis, the team that was only allowed to participate in this year’s race if it promises ‘to try harder, and stop pretending that the dog ate its homework’. His race number is #139, and I think he would be delighted to finish in that position in Paris three weeks from now.
Here is the startlist (if you click on a rider’s name, it will take you to his page at the great site run by the nice people of CyclingNews):
- Saxo Bank Sungard
- 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) ⓢ1
- 2 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa)
- 3 Brian Vandborg (Den)
- 4 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa)
- 5 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa)
- 6 Richie Porte (Aus)
- 7 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den)
- 8 Nicki Sörensen (Den)
- 9 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
- Leopard Trek
- 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) ⓢ3
- 12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) ⓢ19
- 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) ⓢ7
- 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned)
- 15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger)
- 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel)
- 17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) ⓢ55
- 18 Jens Voigt (Ger)
- 19 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) ⓢ50
- Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 21 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) ⓢ17
- 22 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa)
- 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa)
- 24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa)
- 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa)
- 26 Amets Txurruka (Spa)
- 27 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa)
- 28 Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa)
- 29 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa)
- Omega Pharma-Lotto
- 31 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) ⓢ20
- 32 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) ⓢ9
- 33 André Greipel (Ger) ⓢ18
- 34 Sebastian Lang (Ger)
- 35 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel)
- 36 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)
- 37 Jelle Vanendert (Bel)
- 38 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel)
- 39 Frederik Willems (Bel)
- Rabobank Cycling Team
- 41 Robert Gesink (Ned) ⓢ4
- 42 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa)
- 43 Lars Boom (Ned)
- 44 Laurens ten Dam (Ned)
- 45 Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) ⓢ57
- 46 Bauke Mollema (Ned) ⓢ59
- 47 Grischa Niermann (Ger)
- 48 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) ⓢ32
- 49 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
- Team Garmin-Cervelo
- 51 Thomas Danielson (USA) ⓢ52
- 52 Julian Dean (NZl)
- 53 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) ⓢ34
- 54 David Zabriskie (USA)
- 55 Thor Hushovd (Nor) ⓢ5
- 56 Tyler Farrar (USA) ⓢ8
- 57 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu)
- 58 Christian Vande Velde (USA) ⓢ36
- 59 David Millar (GBr) ⓢ58
- Team RadioShack
- 61 Christopher Horner (USA) ⓢ29
- 62 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) ⓢ23
- 63 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa)
- 64 Andreas Klöden (Ger) ⓢ25
- 65 Levi Leipheimer (USA) ⓢ15
- 66 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
- 67 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por)
- 68 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
- 69 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa)
- AG2R La Mondiale
- 71 Nicolas Roche (Irl) ⓢ39
- 72 John Gadret (Fra)
- 73 Biel Kadri (Fra)
- 74 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) ⓢ49
- 75 Christophe Riblon (Fra) ⓢ37
- 76 Hubert Dupont (Fra)
- 77 Maxime Bouet (Fra)
- 78 Sébastien Minard (Fra)
- 79 Sébastien Hinault (Fra)
- Pro Team Astana
- 81 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) ⓢ21
- 82 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
- 83 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra)
- 84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita)
- 85 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) ⓢ16
- 86 Andriy Grivko (Ukr)
- 87 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz)
- 88 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)
- 89 Andrey Zeits (Kaz)
- Quickstep Cycling Team
- 91 Tom Boonen (Bel) ⓢ27
- 92 Kevin De Weert (Bel)
- 93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) ⓢ30
- 94 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
- 95 Dries Devenyns (Bel)
- 96 Addy Engels (Ned)
- 97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) ⓢ44
- 98 Gert Steegmans (Bel)
- 99 Niki Terpstra (Ned)
- Sky Procycling
- 101 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) ⓢ12
- 102 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) ⓢ10
- 103 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa)
- 104 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa)
- 105 Christian Knees (Ger)
- 106 Simon Gerrans (Aus)
- 107 Rigoberto Uran (Col)
- 108 Geraint Thomas (GBr)
- 109 Ben Swift (GBr) ⓢ46
- FDJ
- 111 Sandy Casar (Fra) ⓢ28
- 112 William Bonnet (Fra)
- 113 Mickael Delage (Fra)
- 114 Rémi Pauriol (Fra)
- 115 Anthony Roux (Fra)
- 116 Jérémy Roy (Fra)
- 117 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra)
- 118 Gianni Meersman (Bel)
- 119 Arthur Vichot (Fra)
- BMC Racing Team
- 121 Cadel Evans (Aus) ⓢ11
- 122 Brent Bookwalter (USA)
- 123 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
- 124 George Hincapie (USA)
- 125 Amaël Moinard (Fra)
- 126 Steve Morabito (Swi)
- 127 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
- 128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita)
- 129 Michael Schär (Swi)
- Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
- 131 Julien El Farès (Fra)
- 132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
- 133 Leonardo Duque (Col)
- 134 Tony Gallopin (Fra)
- 135 David Moncoutie (Fra) ⓢ14
- 136 Rein Taaramae (Est) ⓢ60
- 137 Tristan Valentin (Fra)
- 138 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra)
- 139 Romain Zingle (Bel)
- Lampre – ISD
- 141 Damiano Cunego (Ita) ⓢ35
- 142 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) ⓢ6
- 143 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita)
- 144 Grega Bole (Slo)
- 145 Matteo Bono (Ita)
- 146 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
- 147 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr)
- 148 David Loosli (Swi)
- 149 Adriano Malori (Ita)
- Liquigas-Cannondale
- 151 Ivan Basso (Ita) ⓢ24
- 152 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita)
- 153 Daniel Oss (Ita)
- 154 Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
- 155 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)
- 156 Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
- 157 Maciej Paterski (Pol)
- 158 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
- 159 Kristijan Koren (Slo)
- Team Europcar
- 161 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) ⓢ13
- 162 Anthony Charteau (Fra) ⓢ31
- 163 Cyril Gautier (Fra)
- 164 Yohann Gène (Fra)
- 165 Vincent Jérôme (Fra)
- 166 Christophe Kern (Fra) ⓢ22
- 167 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra)
- 168 Pierre Rolland (Fra)
- 169 Sébastien Turgot (Fra)
- 173 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) ⓢ48
- 174 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa)
- 175 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa)
- 176 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por)
- 177 Andrey Amador (Cos)
- 178 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) ⓢ45
- 179 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) ⓢ43
- Katusha Team
- 181 Pavel Brutt (Rus)
- 182 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) ⓢ42
- 183 Vladimir Goussev (Rus)
- 184 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) ⓢ56
- 185 Vladimir Isiachev (Rus)
- 186 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) ⓢ47
- 187 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) ⓢ41
- 188 Egor Silin (Ukn)
- 189 Yury Trofimov (Rus)
- HTC-Highroad
- 191 Mark Cavendish (GBr) ⓢ2
- 192 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
- 193 Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
- 194 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) ⓢ54
- 195 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) ⓢ53
- 196 Peter Velits (Svk) ⓢ33
- 197 Tony Martin (Ger) ⓢ26
- 198 Danny Pate (USA)
- 199 Lars Ytting Bak (Den)
- Saur – Sojasun
- 201 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) ⓢ38
- 202 Arnaud Coyot (Fra)
- 203 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
- 204 Jonathan Hivert (Fra)
- 205 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra)
- 206 Laurent Mangel (Fra)
- 207 Yannick Talabardon (Fra)
- 208 Anthony Delaplace (Fra)
- 209 Jeremie Galland (Fra)
- Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- 211 Romain Feillu (Fra) ⓢ51
- 212 Thomas De Gendt (Bel)
- 213 Borut Bozic (Slo)
- 214 Björn Leukemans (Bel)
- 215 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned)
- 216 Rob Ruijgh (Ned)
- 217 Lieuwe Westra (Ned)
- 218 Wout Poels (Ned)
- 219 Marco Marcato (Ita)